Friday, June 1, 2007

Update on the Westboro bakery

As many of you have probably heard, Westboro Bakery has been struggling with massive rent increases. Five years ago their rent started at $700 a month, then it doubled to $1,500, and now it's going to $3,500 a month. Local resident Diane Van Oostdam has been circulating a petition to show Domicile, the owner of the building, that residents want to keep their bakery.

Diane had a final meeting with John Doran from Domicile recently, and the verdict is in. Westboro bakery will be closing at the end of June.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Shame on Domicile. I sincerely hope karma comes back and...